Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2015-08-27 19:24
I'm often struck by how many students come to me with problems with basic rhythm and tempo, even kids in college.
When I ask them if they played with rhythm instruments, sang along with "records," or danced when they were small, the answer (at least for my students) has always been "no." Typically their only connection with music was passive: sitting in front of the TV or in a chair with headphones on.
So, for some weeks, and occasionally thereafter if it's necessary, I take them out in the backyard and have them march and bang a wooden spoon on a frying pan to a recording of a march or some such thing. When they finally are able to connect with the rhythm viscerally, they do fine. (The older ones hate it, but it works.)
What do you do when a student has this problem? I was thinking of trying that metronome gizmo that gives tactile impulses, but it seems to me that this would be useless because the student would still be passive, and that motor training is necessary. (That seems to be what a developmental therapist might say.)
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